Bravery and sacrifice of the Sahaabah رضي الله عنهم (may Allah be pleased with them)

From the book · p. 46

In brief· the site’s own summary, not the book’s words

The Sahaabah رضي الله عنهم (may Allah be pleased with them) rushed to protect Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him): Abu Dujaanah رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) took the arrows on his back, and Talha رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) blocked blows with his body until his hand was crippled and he had more than seventy wounds. One sahaabi, told he would enter Jannah if killed, threw away the dates he was eating and fought until he was martyred. Even as he bled, Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for his people, asking Allah ﷻ (exalted is His majesty) to forgive them because they did not know. The book gives the dead as twenty-two or twenty-three disbelievers and seventy Muslims, and lists other events of that year: Nabi's ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) marriages to Hafsah رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her) and Zaynub رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her), the forbidding of intoxicants, and the birth of Hasan رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him).

Accounts differThe book gives the number of disbelievers killed at Uhud as “twenty-two or twenty-three”.

The disbelievers attacked with much force and hoped to kill ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him). On seeing what was happening to Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him), the رضي الله عنهم (may Allah be pleased with them) rushed to protect him. A volley of arrows and the strikes of the swords fell on the Sahaabah رضي الله عنهم (may Allah be pleased with them).

Abu Dujaanah رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) bent over and acted as a shield for Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him). The arrows that were raining in the direction of ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) were taken on his back.

Hadhrat Talha رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) stopped the arrows and the strikes of the swords with his body and hands, as a result of which his hand was crippled. When his body was examined after the battle, there were more than seventy wounds on his body.

One Sahaabi asked Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him): “What will happen to me if I am killed?” Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: “You will enter .” This Sahaabi had a few dates in his hands which he was eating. On hearing this, he threw them away and advanced into the thick of battle where he fought bravely till he was martyred.

The ruthless Quraish continued to strike at Rasulullah ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him), but he continued making for them:

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
O Allah! Forgive my people for verily they do not know.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3477

Blood gushed from his face. Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) kept on wiping it with a piece of cloth. Thereafter he said that if one drop of this blood had to fall onto the ground, Allah’s ﷻ (exalted is His majesty) (punishment) would afflict them.

In this battle twenty-two or twenty-three disbelievers were killed and seventy Muslims martyred.

The following events also occurred during this year:

Nabi ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) married Hadhrat Hafsah رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her) and Hadhrat Zaynub رضي الله عنها (may Allah be pleased with her).
Intoxicants was made haraam.
Hadhrat Hasan رضي الله عنه (may Allah be pleased with him) was born.

In brief· the site’s own summary, not the book’s words

The Sahaabah رضي الله عنهم rushed to protect Nabi ﷺ: Abu Dujaanah رضي الله عنه took the arrows on his back, and Talha رضي الله عنه blocked blows with his body until his hand was crippled and he had more than seventy wounds. One sahaabi, told he would enter Jannah if killed, threw away the dates he was eating and fought until he was martyred. Even as he bled, Nabi ﷺ prayed for his people, asking Allah ﷻ to forgive them because they did not know. The book gives the dead as twenty-two or twenty-three disbelievers and seventy Muslims, and lists other events of that year: Nabi's ﷺ marriages to Hafsah رضي الله عنها and Zaynub رضي الله عنها, the forbidding of intoxicants, and the birth of Hasan رضي الله عنه.

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